Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., asks a question during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing of organizations that say they were unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service while seeking tax-exempt status, in Washington, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, voiced support Thursday for a bipartisan, congressional investigation into reports that Russian government officials intentionally interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

Pointing to national security officials' recent suggestions that foreign hackers attempted to influence the contest, the congressman argued that Americans have a right to know how Russia may have impacted the White House race.

Neal urged his congressional colleagues to move forward in investigating such allegations.

"The United States intelligence community, including the CIA, believes the integrity of our electoral system was put at risk due to Russian cyber attacks," he said in a Wednesday statement. "Under no circumstances can we let our democratic process be threatened, undermined or manipulated by a foreign government. That is why I strongly support a bipartisan congressional investigation into these serious allegations."

The congressman, who was a vocal supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, further echoed his support for a bipartisan probe in a Thursday morning Twitter post.

"I strongly support a bipartisan congressional investigation into Russia's cyberattacks on the US & its involvement in the 2016 election," he tweeted.

I strongly support a bipartisan congressional investigation into Russia's cyberattacks on the US & its involvement in the 2016 election

The CIA, in a recent secret assessment, concluded that Russia intervened in the U.S. presidential election to help Trump win the White House instead of just influencing confidence in America's electoral system, the Washington Post reported.

Individuals with connections to the Russian government allegedly provided WikiLeaks with hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta as part of an operation to boost Trump, according to the newspaper.

Trump's transition team dismissed such reports and pointed to the margin of the GOP nominee's Electoral College victory.

Russian officials, meanwhile, have cast the allegations as "absolute nonsense," the Post reported.

With a bipartisan group of senators calling for an investigation into the intelligence community's findings, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week that the chamber's intelligence panel plans to look into the suspected interference.

House Speaker Paul Ryan also said he supports a continuing probe by the House Intelligence Committee, contending that "any foreign intervention in our elections is entirely unacceptable."